On the recordJanuary 1, 1790
That is, those persons are exempted from the power of the laws who ought to be the most entirely submitted to them.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “That is, those persons are exempted from the power of the laws who ought to be the most entirely submitted to them.”
Editor's note · Context
In his critique of the French Revolution's new administrative structures, Burke asserts that those in power, particularly administrative bodies, should be most subject to the law, not exempt from it.
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